Israel getting railed from so many directions

On the left, the uncropped photo. On the right, Reuters' released photo. (Reuters)

I just read the article on Fox News that says the above photos were brought to light by a blogger. Whether you think bloggers are liars or not, they do a lot of good in my book and if they are liars it is up to you to verify their stories and stop reading if they are not truthful.
 
I feel bad for Israel. They can not catch a break and even with all the overwhelming evidence out there that the commandos defended themselves, people are still saying this is Israels fault. Reuters is now being accused of cropping one photo to remove a knife from a Peace Activists hands and another photo is said to have been photo shopped to remove blood stains from the ship. The second photo has not been released.
 
Video, pictures, and audio have demonstrated that this ship was hell bent on a confrontation. The organizers who got these idiots to get on board have to all be shaking each others hands for a job well done. Israel is in the worlds cross hairs for protecting itself.
 
Side Note: I just had a thought that Israel correlates with law abiding citizens in Chicago.
 
Damned if you do; damned if you don't.
 
I love the Internet because it makes it a lot harder to keep the truth hidden. Unfortunately, it can also be used to promote untruths. It is upon all of us who use the Internet to make sure we only pass on truthful information and if there is any doubt about accuracy don't pass it on.
 
I just went off on another tangent and sorry for that.
 
Israel, the Arizona Shooters have your back. Keep up the good fight and don't let the dirt bags dissuade you from defending yourself.
 
I have a question for anyone reading this. Why is Israel and Palestine a divisive issue in the US? Correct me if I am wrong but it seems the dems and more specifically the far left of the dems are pro Palestine.

Iran offers to defend convoys going to Israel

The proverbial shit is about to hit the fan if this happens. Start paying attention people because the world is one big bomb on a short fuse. We have two major hot spots right now Korea and Israel. Those two can blow at any moment and it WILL affect America. We have our hands deeply embedded in both situations. 30,000 troops are stationed in Korea and if Israel goes to war with any Muslim country our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan are in the middle. That is not to mention that Israel is an ally we support and would be expected to help.

Taking our troops in the middle east out of the equation, I am not worried about Israel. They have beaten the crap out of their neighbors many times in the past. The Palestinians are actually in the mess they are because of the first attack on Israel just days after they were recognized as a country. Israel started very small and are only as big as they are due to their victories in battle. They would be even bigger if they hadn't been gracious enough to give back land to Egypt after whipping up on them. They conquered, after being attacked first, the entire Sinai Peninsula and later returned it.

I have gotten onto a soap box again, but these are people to be supported. Warriors who want to prosper and live their lives. People who have been attacked and hated since the beginning of recorded history. Yet I have never heard of them laying down and giving up. No matter where they are these people seem to prosper and for that they are vilified and hated. They took a little piece of sand and turned it into a functioning country and successfully defended it, repeatedly, against overwhelming odds.

Just like America, the only way for these people to be defeated is internally and by succumbing to international pressure from the clinically brain dead.

Iran has warned that it could send Revolutionary Guard naval units to escort humanitarian aid convoys seeking to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza – a move that would certainly be challenged by Israel.



Any such Iranian involvement, raised today by an aide to the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would constitute a serious escalation of already high tensions with Israel, which accuses Tehran of seeking to build a nuclear weapon and of backing Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls Gaza.


"Iran's Revolutionary Guard naval forces are prepared to escort the peace and freedom convoys that carry humanitarian assistance for the defenceless and oppressed people of Gaza with all their strength," pledged Hojjatoleslam Ali Shirazi, Khamenei's personal representative to the guards corps.


The threat came as the Israeli prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, dismissed a UN proposal for an international commission to investigate last week's commando assault on aid ships, in which nine people died. Another aid ship, the Rachel Corrie, carrying Irish and other peace activists, was boarded peacefully by Israeli forces on Saturday, escorted to the port of Ashdod, and its passengers deported.


Netanyahu has defended Israel's right to maintain the blockade by arguing that without it Gaza would become an "Iranian port" and Hamas missiles would strike Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Israel's undeclared aim is to weaken or bring down the Hamas government.


Iran continued to exploit the "freedom flotilla" affair to lambast Israel. Its foreign minister, Manuchehr Mottaki, told the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Jeddah on Sunday that Israel's crime was "another instance of the Zionist regime's brazen and merciless treatment of Muslims, especially the oppressed Palestinian people."


Mottaki also called for a UN resolution condemning Israel. The security council is discussing imposing new sanctions on Iran because of its failure to meet international demands over its nuclear programme.


Iran and Israel have had no diplomatic relations since the 1979 revolution and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad regularly predicts the disappearance of the Jewish state as well as denying the Holocaust.


Shirazi said Iran should encourage international efforts to break the blockade. "We should expose our enemies to spontaneous global action and not let them achieve their heinous goals," he was quoted as saying by the semi-official Mehr news agency.


Iran's Revolutionary Guards, which have a command structure separate from the regular armed forces, are fiercely loyal to the supreme leader. Khamenei has attacked the raid as a "mistake" that "showed how barbaric the Zionists are".


Israel's determination to strike at links between Iran and Hamas was dramatically demonstrated in January when presumed Mossad agents in Dubai assassinated Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was described as the Hamas official in charge of smuggling Iranian weapons into Gaza.


Israel's no-compromise attitude to aid convoys could be tested again after two Lebanese organisations pledged to send boats to Gaza in the next few days. Reporters Without Borders is attempting to assemble 25 European activists and 50 journalists for a boat leaving Beirut. The Free Palestine Movement is planning a similar attempt.


George Galloway, the founder of Viva Palestina, announced in London that two simultaneous convoys "one by land via Egypt and the other by sea" would set out in September to break the Gaza blockade. The sea convoy of up to 60 ships will travel around the Mediterranean gathering ships, cargo and volunteers.

Israeli Crisis

Kudos to the peace activists, who brought Israel's military brutality to the attention of the world.


For far too long these people, hell bent on world domination and subjugating of people they feel beneath them, has gone unchallenged. Their story of abuse is well documented through out history and their constant attacks on peaceful peoples are beyond disgusting. Thankfully, there are people who are willing to challenge Israel's bellicose ways and put an end to the constant terror Israel instills in their peace loving neighbors.





OH, there is a video? Um, uh, oh, well, you see, what had happened was…………………


Now to my serious thoughts, Israel just got punked. If anyone thinks this was not set up in advance then you are a fool. These so called peace activists had this planned from the beginning. They knew there was no way Israel would let them through their blockade without boarding the ships and inspecting the cargo. They then packed the ships with as many idiots they could get from as many countries as possible. This way anger at Israel will come from everywhere and everyone.


Instead of countries being mad at the idiots who antagonized the Israelis, people are mad at the people who are under constant duress. Duress caused by being surrounded by people who openly speak about destroying them.


Sunday, I was listening to the radio and heard about these ships heading toward Israel and that the Israelis planned on intercepting them. I remember thinking then that this could be bad. Seemed like only an hour later, I heard about the ships being bordered and shots being fired. Score one for premonition or just common sense.


Luckily, the Israelis had the presence of to have cameras present and oddly I saw a video from someone on the ship. The video is clear to me. The peace activists were not so peaceful, the Israeli soldiers held fire for quite awhile, and the use of force did become disproportional. The peace activists brought pipes, rocks, sticks, and wrenches to a gun fight.


Hanky stomping liberals are upset that guns were used against people without guns, but these idiots also think cops should not shoot to kill and should only shoot to disable. BECAUSE IT’S THAT EASY!!!


I stand by Israel and think they showed great restraint in holding fire for as long as they did.


I do however fear that this is the start of something bigger and hope it is not the spark to an all out war the world.


There are just too many hot spots in the world and it is only a matter of time before they ignite, unless something is done to smother them.


Do not be fooled by these people who claim to be of peace. We can see they are clearly not peaceful. If they wanted to get the aid to Hamas they only had to allow the Israelis to inspect the ship for arms. I have not heard any credible claims that Israel is not allowing aid to get Gaza.

Please leave a comment on your thoughts

Israel

Israel is a country that has been under great stress and constant threat since its creation. Regardless of religion or politics these are a people to be admired and supported.

They have fought off mass attacks from their neighbors, Jordan, Syria, and Egypt, not only defending their borders but increasing them by taking land from their invaders. They then gave most of that land back. They also distroyed Iraq's attempt to build a nuclear reactor with a daring air raid.


Israel’s enemies, knowing they can not defeat the smaller country, started supporting and inflaming Palestinians who lost there remaining land when they joined in the attacks on Israel.

Israel has shown restraint in many aspects when dealing with its aggressive and threatening neighbors. At the request of the United States, they stood by idly as Iraq launched scud missles at it, trusting that America would take care of the issue.


Israel is a country that has turned their crappy sand box into a thriving industrialized country. Something none of the other countries, in the big sandbox, seem to be able to do, with the exception of the United Arab Emerits, without oil.

Israel continues to face attacks from terrorists and refuses to back down. Just recently they assassinated a terrorist master mind in a foreign country. They pissed off their allies in the process, by using fake passports from allied countries, but they refuse to bow down to pacifist demagogues who support or are afraid to offend terrorist countries.


Now Israel has to deal with America coming down on them which is empowering Israel’s enemies. Israel’s decision to build in a highly controversial area of Jerusalem may be a bad idea but America’s government should be dealing with our displeasure behind closed doors.


By openly condemning Israel’s actions, Israel’s enemies are taking that as support. They are using it to rally disgruntled poor people to riot and terror attacks are surely soon to follow.


Israel should be proof to the people of the Middle East that prosperity can be had in that area of the world. Beirut used to be called the Paris of the Middle East, before a civil war that destroyed any prosperity in the country. The Palestinians have beach front property and billions of dollars of American aid they can use to build a thriving tourist industry if they can just get past the pity party and hate.